The gills are for the air intake to the air filter. I don't remember what was blocking the front access, but there are several emissions divices involved in that filter assembly as well. There were euro versions of the car with a N/A engine, but none officially sold in the US.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >>> http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/4868028916.html > >> > >> Is that a turbo? > > > > Should be. Can't see gills on lf fender. > > I thought the gills were on the right front fender, to provide more > cooling for the turbo, which is generally on the right side. > > Craig > > -- OK Don, who owned two 300D 2.5s at one time. NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
